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BrettC, Ph.D. @brettc.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

If anyone's curious, it's a clip of Dave Grohl during an interview addressing Canadians that the band pronounces it nirv [ɑ] na, not nirv [æ] na. But when pressed on it he says "I don't give a shit what they call it" The phonetics is good, the sociolinguistics is better tbh vm.tiktok.com/ZMD8nNEkB/

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Even though we associate language death with modern times, languages have been dying out in Late Antiquity too. Sometimes (well, most of the time) we learn about how it happened in quite unusual ways. A little thread 🧵 1/ Isidore, Etymologies, bk. IX.1 On languages St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 231

A manuscript page with a large red L initial.

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The ancestor of 'to forget' meant "to lose hold of". It was the opposite of 'to get'. Speaking of 'to get', this verb is special: it only has cognates in the Nordic languages, such as Norwegian 'å gjeta'. It was even borrowed from their Old Norse ancestor 'geta'. Here's more:

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/11/2024

Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.

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Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary names ‘enshittification’ word of the year

Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse.

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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’d accept being mid if it meant that I was never stressed #linguistics

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Curiosity @mcuriosity.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

First ever direct image of a multi planet system with a sun-like host star...

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Justin Goldner @jusgold.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I’m a peripatetic language junkie (aspiro-glot), professional noodler (of musical sounds), appreciator of travel, history, culture and community. Things I like: - linguistics - groove / pocket - composition / arranging - science - 𝄢 𝄞 Whosits and whatsits at linktr.ee/jusgold

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